In this movie, I will show you how to change the change the shape and size of your artboards.…I have gone ahead and restored the saved version of 8-page newsletter.ai found inside the…02_artboards folder.…Now the first thing I would like you to do, just to make sure that you and I are on the…same page, is to go up to the View menu, and make sure that the Smart Guides command is turned on.…If you see a check mark everything's good, if not go ahead and choose the command, you…also have the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+U and Command+U on a Mac.…What Smart Guides do is they allow you to align objects inside of your illustrations…as well as artboards on the fly.…

Next step, of course, is to switch to Artboard tool, you can get by pressing Shift+O, or…you can just click on it here inside the toolbox.…But before I do that, I want you to notice something.…At this point, you can see that page 1 is active because it has a black outline, whereas…page 2 or Artboard 2 if you prefer is not selected nor or any of the others, because…

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6/1/2012

This course is the first in a four-part series by industry-pro Deke McClelland on creating elegant, optimized graphics with the tools in Adobe Illustrator CS6.

This installment covers subjects such as working with shapes and closed paths, including painting, grouping, and coloring, and placing and adjusting type. Deke shows you how to select fonts, create hanging indents, and tweak the kerning and leading of your text. Additional chapters cover drawing and editing paths (and their points) and moving and transforming objects in your artwork.

Topics include:

Rotating and duplicating objects

Grouping and stacking

Erasing and painting selected paths

Using the Shape Builder tool

Reflecting across an angled axis

Simulating beveled edges

Creating a network of interlocking paths

Placing and flowing text

Creating page margins

Adjusting type size

Creating and applying paragraph styles

Using the Glyphs panel

Inserting and removing anchor points

Skill Level Beginner

9h 19m

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Q: I'm following along with Chapter 5 movie, "Creating compound paths." Why can't I get the second shape to compound properly? The Object menu doesn't seem to work.

A: This problem is due to a bug in Illustrator that has developed since this movie was recorded. To work around it, click off the Object menu (or press the Escape key); take another action, such as opening and closing the drawing layer; and revisit the Object menu.